Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Fool's Fate by Robin Hobb

8 reviews

briely's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Cried so much during this book. Heartbroken…. To think a trilogy named for the tawny man would end so sadly for him… I feel like a cored apple and somehow have to get through more books after this… This book alone was such an emotional rollercoaster I’m exhausted and empty inside and also I miss the Fool so bad already it’s so painful to read about Fitz being content without him while I still have that heartbreaking poem running through my head…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Physical abuse, and Death

Moderate: Death of parent

johannaplatt's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Gorgeous end to this trilogy. Robin Hobb is a master of the realistic ending - sometimes your love is lost, your friends and family have passed, and that is the way it needs to be. The political intrigue kept me engaged and the action was paced well. Delighted to find out there is another trilogy that I have not read yet!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Death, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Violence, Animal death, and Grief

aseel_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

The ending was a bit drawn out but I loved the final final ending, so wholesome. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Violence, and Torture

Moderate: Murder, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Grief, and Animal death

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

adventurous emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

God. Probably the hardest RotE book to rate so far -- I loved the majority of it, and sobbed all through at least two chapters, but I have so many qualms with the ending (cathartic as it is to see Fitz finally truly at peace, it really doesn't feel believable or satisfactory for

him and Molly to get back together, let alone so soon; it just seems like too much time has passed for them to fall so easily back into it, especially with the recency of Burrich's death, and I have to wonder if whatever feelings persist are just love for the idea of what used to be, not the current reality, especially given how... tepid it feels compared to the literally fate-altering devotion in those chapters I cried over

) and enough discontent with how Thick is written (by far more nuanced and respectful than I would have expected of a character with Down syndrome, as he seems pretty objectively coded as, written in the early 2000s -- or perhaps even today -- but not without issues) that it's hard to reconcile those feelings. I'd feel remiss to pass either over for the other, so I'll lean closer to what I felt for probably the greater 90%, but I admit the conclusion does leave a bit to be desired.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Ableism, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Homophobia, Abandonment, Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, and Vomit

Minor: Alcohol, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Rape, Sexual content, Infertility, Alcoholism, Incest, Pregnancy, Self harm, and Cannibalism

clemencepct's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Torture, and Suicidal thoughts

achingallover's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Blood, Body horror, Death, Grief, Homophobia, Murder, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Violence

bonnie's review

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Grief

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Death

tashayns's review

adventurous dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Torture, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Animal death, Mental illness, Confinement, and Violence

Minor: Alcoholism, Dementia, Drug abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Homophobia, Rape, Slavery, Blood, and Vomit